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HOME & Garden
April 20, 2012
Home & Garden News Notes Annual plant sale, sustainable garden at Lasdon Park
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wonderful reason to visit Westchester County’s only botanical garden and arboretum this spring is the 21st annual plant sale at Lasdon Park & Arboretum on Saturday, May 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The sale will be preceded by a festive New Leaf for Lasdon preview event the evening of Friday, May 18, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Both events are being presented by the Friends of Lasdon. Preview guests will be treated to first pick of the plants, while enjoying wine and hors d’oeuvres in the garden provided by Table Local Market and Fountainhead Wines of Bedford Hills. JoAnn DiRico Trautmann, coordinator of the Master Gardener program at Westchester County Cornell Cooperative Extension, will be honored with the first “New Leaf Award” in recognition of her significant contributions to gardening, landscapes and the environment in Westchester. Both events will feature The Sustainable Path, an interactive walk with stops highlighting many aspects of environmentally friendly gardening. Experts will be available to advise on such topics as using deer-resistant and native plants, as well as plants that attract butterflies,
“good bugs” and hummingbirds. Exhibitors will add to the sustainability theme by offering products and information that encourage wild birds, beekeeping, mulching, raising chickens, composting and more. Kim Eierman, a certified horticulturist and native landscape expert, is a board member of the Friends of Lasdon and cochairman of the plant sale and preview benefit. “There is a growing awareness that environmental and ecological resources are limited and very sensitive to everything we do. As gardeners, we can have significant positive impacts on the landscapes and ecosystems around us by
making informed choices about how we garden and what plants we choose,” she said. Local vendors will be in place, many reinforcing the sustainable theme. Stone Barns will be selling compost and mulch; Mill River supplies for the organic gardener; Guy Hodges his South Salem honey and beeswax products; Burren Farm their herbal products; The Front Yard Coop their mobile chicken coops; and Wild Birds Unlimited their bird-friendly products. Local artisans will be represented by Anthropek with hypertufa plant containers; The Copper Fields Design Studio with copper birdhouses, trellises
and other garden ornamentalia; Hudson River Potters with hand-thrown vases and pots; and the Village Bookstore from Pleasantville with garden books. Visitors are encouraged to explore the rest of the arboretum — the synoptic garden, the azalea and lilac collections, the historic tree trail, the Chinese Cultural Garden, and more. Lasdon Park comprises 234 acres and the fenced arboretum is 38 acres, making it the largest in Westchester County. “We are known for our azaleas and lilacs,” said Ted Kozlowski, manager of Lasdon, “but the synoptic garden, with ornamental plantings arranged in alphabetical order, is one of our most popular spots.” Preview party tickets are $25 per person and include a 20 percent discount on plant sale purchases for members of the Friends group and can be obtained online at http://www.nycharities.org/Events/ EventLevels.aspx?ETID=4818. Plant sale admission on Saturday is free. The newly refurbished Shop at Lasdon will be open for both events, then every Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Lasdon Park & Arboretum, a horticultural treasure owned and operated by Westchester County Department of Parks and Recreation, is located on Route 35 in Somers, three miles west of Route 100. For more information on both plant sale events and membership in the Friends of Lasdon, contact Nancy Giges at 683-5108 or lasdonfriends@gmail.com.
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